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When I was a young child, my parents kept all the traditional Christian holidays including Christmas and Easter. We went to church on Sunday and lived like most other people who were part of mainstream Christianity.
I suspect we had our denominational biases like almost everyone else, but in general our religious life was set.
Then a strange thing happened. Mom and Dad traded in Christmas and Easter for a different set of observances—feast days or festivals. It was a confusing time for me.
Although I was too young to understand why they were making the change, I did perceive that we were different from our neighbors, and this seemed a bit mysterious to me. In fact, I made a point of emphatically explaining to them that I wanted to continue celebrating the traditional holidays—something my parents and I laughed about later. At this tender age, little did I know that I was experiencing firsthand, on my own level of understanding, that God's way of life is a mystery.
As I matured I learned that most of the people claiming to be Christian don't believe that the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ is a mystery at all. Most think that Jesus spoke in parables (stories containing moral lessons) so everyone would comprehend what He was saying. Most think His message is so simple and so easy to understand that all they have to do is pass it on and everyone will get it. Ah. That's what makes it a mystery!
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Now let's get something straight. I'm not making this mystery business up. The Bible, the book that reveals God's instructions for us human beings, describes it that way.
In fact, Christ Himself—the One from whom Christianity gets its name—said the Kingdom of God is a mystery.
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